The Mighty Ninth

Strive To Reach The Summit

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Goodies.JPGLZ EnglishGreatest moment of any day in Nam...mail call and a package from home.Mar 22, 2008
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The_Gate.JPGCamp Alpha / Tan Son Nhut ABThis gate separated the incomining personnel at Camp Alpha from the Tan Son Nhut airbase just outside the city of Saigon.Mar 22, 2008
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TSN12.JPGBubble ParkThese Bell helicopters were mostly used for commanders to visit their units in the "safer" areas. These birds were no match for any hostile ground fire.Mar 22, 2008
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TSN11.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp AlphaAn ancient truck arrives at the MP gate. Looks like it belongs in a museum.Mar 22, 2008
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TSN10.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp AlphaThe MP Gate at TSNMar 22, 2008
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TSN9.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp AlphaSlot machines inside the Officers Club.Mar 22, 2008
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TSN-Laundry.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp AlphaA peek inside the laundry. We soon learned that "laundry" in Vietnamese means "less dirty".Mar 22, 2008
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TSN7.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp AlphaThe Officers Club at Tan Son Nhut airbase. Inside it resembled a nightclub or speakeasy...very low lighting.Mar 22, 2008
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TSN6.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp AlphaDucks play in a puddle outside the laundry building at TSN.
If you're guessing that this is where the uniforms were washed, you wouldn't be far off!
Mar 22, 2008
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TSN5.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp AlphaA bunker under contstruction at TSN airbase. Later reports indicate that Tan Son Nhut and Camp Alpha became favorite targets for harassing mortar attacks.Mar 22, 2008
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TSN4.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp AlphaThe laundry at Tan Son Nhut airbase. But...does it look like a place where you clean uniforms?Mar 22, 2008
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TSN3.JPGTan Son Nhut / Camp AlphaA "slick" lands at the airbase.Mar 22, 2008
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